Pak Jong-ran

{{short description|North Korean sport shooter}} {{family name hatnote|Pak||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = lightblue | name = Pak Jong-ran | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{PRK}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.62|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | sport = Shooting | event = Skeet | collegeteam = | club = D.P.R.K. Shootong Sport<br>Association<ref name=issf/> | turnedpro = | coach = Sim Jae-gun<ref name=issf/> | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's shooting}} {{MedalCountry|{{PRK}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 1990 Beijing | Skeet }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1991 Perth | Skeet }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Kuwait City|Skeet}} {{MedalGold|2007 Kuwait City|Skeet team}} | show-medals = yes }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %박정란 | hanja = | image = | caption = }} '''Pak Jong-ran''' ({{Korean|hangul=박정란}}; born March 24, 1966) is a North Korean sport shooter.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Pak Jong-Ran|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/pak-jong-ran-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043815/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/pak-jong-ran-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 21 January 2013}}</ref> She won two gold medals in the women's skeet at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China, and at the 1991 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Perth, Western Australia, with scores of 197 and 191 targets, respectively.<ref name=issf>{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Pak Jong-Ran|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHPRKW2403196601|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=21 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=pjr-shooting/>

Pak made her official debut for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she placed thirty-third in mixed skeet shooting, with a score of 144 hits, tying her position with eight other shooters including Egypt's Mohamed Khorshed and Norway's Harald Jensen.<ref name=issf/>

Sixteen years after competing in her last Olympics, Pak qualified for her second North Korean team, as a 42-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the gold medal in the women's skeet from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait.<ref name=pjr-shooting>{{cite news|title=A bumper day for DPR Korean shooters|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-12/12/content_6315790.htm|work=Xinhua News Agency|publisher=China Daily|date=12 December 2007|accessdate=21 January 2013}}</ref> She placed ninth in the qualifying rounds of the women's skeet shooting, by three points ahead of Romania's Lucia Mihalache from the second attempt, with a total score of 66 targets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Skeet Qualification|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHW403900/standings.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=21 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820160848/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHW403900/standings.html|archivedate=20 August 2012}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120816132610/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63169/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]

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